blusterous

adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blusterous
  1. blustery
  2. bombastic
  3. swaggering
  4. cocky
  5. boastful
  6. bumptious
  7. arrogant
  8. conceited
Adjective
  • Bergé—still blustery and energetic at sixty-eight—flanks Saint Laurent protectively as the two leave their hotel for the ceremony, where the designer is set to receive a lifetime-achievement award.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the blustery autumn wind is no substitute for the cozy rays of a summer sun.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of blustery
Adjective
  • Fans have in some instances railed against commentator Alexi Lalas, a veteran analyst, player and soccer executive who has been accused of being too bombastic, and even partisan during his time on air.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • This bombastic rhetoric echoes an inherent feeling of frustration in Russia over the failure to segregate Ukraine from the West.
    — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Definition of bombastic
Adjective
  • Olivia Wilde plays the swaggering multidisciplinary artist Erika Tracy, whose portfolio includes a pointillist vulva composed of chewed gum, an audio loop of her own orgasm, and an enormous, Claes Oldenburg-esque sculpture of a spiked fetish collar.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • Unlike the swaggering Daemon, this wounded Aemond is vulnerable.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of swaggering
Adjective
  • Dix was a baseball prodigy too cocky and flashy for his own good who now coasts through life on his long-ago heroics coupled with charm and an undeserved diet of luck.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Murray, a stoic veteran, wasn’t sure what to make of Kent, who played with a cocky edge.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of cocky
Adjective
  • Defense witnesses pointed to boastful teens, fireworks-like flashes and uncertain ignition points, with an expert arguing that fireworks were the likely cause and that prosecutors lack proof that a lighter sparked the blaze.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • Chatter about Azik’s famous delens abounds, as does boastful talk about how Monica Bellucci’s family hails from the same part of Nalchik.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Definition of boastful
Adjective
  • In public, Newsom speaks often and openly about his errors, fortifying his image as a bumptious, slightly hapless victim of his own enthusiasms.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The Star of India’s intensely curlicued provenance and bumptious post-sale 20th-century history is a Baedeker for all who might aspire to purchase the Pure Land, should it ever be formally or publicly offered for sale.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of bumptious
Adjective
  • Perhaps in the arrogant belief that a war with Iran would quickly end in a decisive victory, the Pentagon did not have cost-effective systems ready to intercept these weapons.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Nick Aldis’ wife Mickie James was ringside, where she was taunted by an arrogant Gunther.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.
    — Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of conceited
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